The end of the school year is in sight! And now, after a year of learning, are your students ready to claim genius status? The Junior Genius Guides, from Jeopardy! champion and The New York Times best-selling author Ken Jennings, can help your students wow their friends with clever facts and test their own knowledge with fun quizzes. Plus the books are complemented by a website that features free games, activities, and trivia quizzes to keep kids le
arning all
summer long!
Submit a comment to our blog by
11:59 pm EDT Thursday, May 29, 2014, to let us know which of this week’s fun freebies below are your favorites. One lucky teacher will win these two books in the Junior Genius Guides series: Maps and Geography and Greek Mythology! Submit a comment now for your chance to win! (Update: congratulations to Kaila, who is our winner!)
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If you teach new readers, here’s a useful tool that’s reliable for you and can be shared with parents. Ready-to-Read has free classroom resources, personalized reading lists, and more! The website
features a motivational star leveling system and kid-friendly books with new and classic characters. All the titles have been vetted by educational experts and leveled using the most current beginning-reader guidelines. Check it out at readytoread.com.
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Autoimmune diseases, such as diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis, affect one in five Americans. Get free Common Core–aligned resources to teach students about the importance of the immune system—and what happens when it’s not healthy. The resources, from the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, include nonfiction passages for grades 3–4, 5–6, and 7–8 along with research projects. Go to TheMailbox.com/immunesystem to learn more.
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Are your students fans of the best-selling Warriors and Seekers books? Then enter to win a library of the new Survivors books by the same author, Erin Hunter! Five lucky teachers will win, plus 50 runners-up will each win a limited-edition paperback featuring the series’ first two action-packed novels. But hurry, the contest ends May 31. Click here now to enter!
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Don’t forget, post a comment for a chance to win!
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I liked the info on autoimmune diseases!
Ready to read sounds like fun. Would love to win
Yes, my whole class is definitely genius status. Each child is a genius in their own unique way!
It was great to hear about the great Ready to Read website.
Geography is important and every child is special and a genius in his/her own way. If you know where to look, then everyone is a genius.
You cannot tell a fish he is dumb because he cannot climb trees. It’s the same with students. In order for them to be geniuses, you must know how to discover their potential and allow them to grow at their own pace.
My Kindergarten parents will love the Ready to Read resource. Especially because my students are ready to read right now!
I want my students to be reading stars!
I like the info on the autoimmune disease as we have students who have this type of diseases in their families.
I really love Ready to Read books
I can’t wait for the new Survivor series
I love finding new sources for nonfiction reading. The Autoimmune website looks like a great tool
I really like the Ready to Read books.